Ptinella aptera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Staphylinoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Coleopterida Ordo: Coleoptera Subordo: Polyphaga Infraordo: Staphyliniformia Superfamilia: Staphylinoidea

Familia: Ptiliidae
Subfamilia: Ptiliinae
Tribus: Ptinellini
Genus: Ptinella
Species: Ptinella aptera

Name

Ptinella aptera (Guérin-Méneville, 1839: 90)

Synonymy

Ptilium apterum Guérin-Méneville, 1839: 90 [original combination]
Trichopteryx ratisbonensis Gillmeister, 1845: 61
Ptilium pallidum Erichson, 1845: 33 [attributed to Dejean 1836: 138]
Cleopterium fuscum Gistel, 1857: 8
Ptinella anophthalma Joseph, 1882: 46
Ptinella tenuis va aptera Csiki, 1911: 59 [for Ptinella angustula of Matthews 1872: 171 (misidentified, not Trichopteryx angustula Gillmeister, 1845: 66)]
Ptinella formicoxena aptera Menozzi, 1923: 78

Native distribution areas

Europe (AU BE BU BY CR CZ DE FI FR GB GE HU IT NL NR PL PT RO SK SL SP SV SZ UK), Russia (European), Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Algeria, Canary Is., Morocco, Madeira, Tunisia, Canada (ON,QC), USA (OK).

References

Primary references

Guérin-Méneville, F.É., 1839. Description d'une espèce aptère du genre Ptilium. Revue Zoologique 1839: 90. [original description: p. 90]

Additional references

Jałoszyński, P. 2014. Redescription of late-instar larva of Ptinella aptera (Guérin-Méneville, 1839) (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae). Zootaxa 3811(4): 515–534. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3811.4.5 Reference page.
Polilov, A.A.; Bibin, A.R. 2005(2004): An introduction to the fauna of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) of the Caucasian Reserve with a description of new species. Russian entomological journal, 13: 150–154. PDF PDF
Sörensson, M. 2003: New records of featherwing beetles (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae) in North America. Coleopterists bulletin, 57: 369–381. DOI: 10.1649/564 JSTOR
Taylor, V.A. 1981: The adaptive and evolutionary significance of wing polymorphism and parthogenesis in Ptinella Motschulsky (Coleoptera: Ptiliidae). Ecological entomology, 6 (1): 89–98. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2311.1981.tb00975.x BUGZ